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Skills Training for Children with Behavior Disorders
A Parent and Therapist Guidebook

Michael L. Bloomquist

 This clearly written guidebook, designed for use by both parents and therapists, targets typical problem areas for children with behavior disorders and provides background information, step-by-step instructions, and many useful worksheets and concrete examples to assist parents and therapists in skills training efforts.

Note: The publisher grants to individual purchasers nonassignable permission to reproduce the worksheets in this book for clinical use with their clients.

Contents

Foreword.
Introduction
I. Information for Parents
1. What are Behavior Disorders in Children?
2. What Can I Do to Help My Child?
II. Instructions for Parents to Enhance Parent and Family Skills
3. Parent Stress Management
4. Examining and Changing Parents' Thoughts
5. Increasing Parental Involvement and Positive Reinforcement
6. Enhancing Positive Family Interaction Skills
III. Instructions for Parents to Enhance Child Skills
7. Helping Children Learn to Comply
8. Helping Children Learn to Follow Rules
9. Enhancing Children's Social Behavior Skills
10. Enhancing Children's Social and General Problem-Solving Skills
11. Enhancing Children's Ability to Cope with Anger
12.Enhancing Children's Self-Directed Academic Behavior Skills
13. Enhancing Children's Ability to Understand and Express Feelings
14. Enhancing Children's Ability to Think Helpful Thoughts
15. Enhancing Children's Self-Esteem
IV. Ideas to Help Parents Really Do What's in This Book
16. Keeping It Going: Maintaining Improvements for Your Family and Child
V. Information and Suggestions for Therapists
17. Skills Training for Children with Behavior Disorders: Theory and Research Overview
18. Procedures for Skills Training with Parents and Children Exhibiting Behavior Disorders Appendix: List of Parent Support Organizations

"Full of practical information and suggestions....A valuable resource that should not be missed...."
-Youth Today

"An eminently practical and intellectually honest text by a well-respected scientist-practitioner....I believe this text will make a significant contribution to the parent training field for children with disruptive problems."
-Sam Goldstein, PhD